GSB Quarterly December - speakers

GSB Quarterly December - speakers

Monday 15 October 2012 12.32 EDT
First published on Monday 15 October 2012 12.32 EDT

Jo Confino is an executive editor of the Guardian, chairman and editorial director of Guardian Sustainable Business and sustainability consultant to parent company Guardian Media Group (GMG).

As a journalist for the past 24 years, he has worked on regional and national newspapers and websites. He was Wall Street correspondent for the Daily Telegraph and subsequently finance and business news editor for the Guardian.

As well as producing an award-winning annual sustainability audit for GNM, the first one in the sector to be independently verified, he launched one of the world's first interactive sustainability reporting websites (guardian.co.uk/sustainability). He managed a unique multi-stakeholder development project in the village of Katine (guardian.co.uk/Katine) and supports the new Guardian global development website (guardian.co.uk/globaldevelopment)

He has completed an MSc in Responsibility and Business Practice at the University of Bath and is also an executive coach. Jo is on the management board of environmental justice NGO Capacity Global and is also a trustee of the charity Theatre for a Change.

Richard Ellis

Richard Ellis

Richard has spent the past 30 years working for a range of Companies on all aspects of the CSR agenda.

The early part of his career was spent in Banking before becoming involved in CSR after the Inner City riots of the early 1980s. After this involvement he held CSR related positions at HSBC, TSB, British Aerospace and ran his own CSR consultancy for five years.

In 2003 he joined Boots and became responsible for all the Company's CSR activities. Following the merger between Boots and Alliance UniChem and the subsequent Private Equity Buy Out he was appointed into his current role.

Christopher Lukezic

Christopher Lukezic Photograph: EMEA

Directors of Communications, EMEA, Airbnb.com

Christopher Lukezic joined Airbnb as an early employee in summer of 2009 and now acts as the director of communications for Airbnb in EMEA where he oversees brand marketing, media relations, and partnerships. Prior to joining Airbnb Christopher spent five years as a professional runner and spokesperson for Reebok and Nissan. Highlights of his career include finishing 7th at the 2006 World Championships in the 1500M and running 3:33.28 for the same distance, making him one of the top 10 American's over the distance.

Charlotte Wolff

Charlotte Wolff

Charlotte Wolff is General Manager for Corporate Responsibility for the leading global steel and mining company ArcelorMittal. Since joining ArcelorMittal in 2007 her achievements to date include: launching the Group-wide corporate responsibility strategy, and associated governance structure and organisation across its global operations; and establishing policies, standards and operating procedures for stakeholder engagement, human rights, and external reporting and environmental disclosure. The strong record of implementing international standards in countries as diverse as Kazakhstan, Ukraine and Liberia earned her entry into the prestigious group - 'Top 40 under 40 International Development Leaders in London' by Devex in October 2011. Charlotte is a regular contributor to debates around sustainability and responsible business practice and a guest lecturer at leading universities and organisations.